British Columbia Commercial Truck License Plates

1957
1-digit	2-digit		4-digit	Issuing Statistics Initial Series: C1 to unknown Registered: 116,117 Over-run: Uknown Issued: Pairs Manufacturer: Oakalla Prison Dimensions: 302 mm x 150 mm (12 inch x 6 inch) Material: Metal Comments: * Estimate / Unconfirmed
	5-digit (20,000 block)	5-digit (30,000 block)
5-digit (50,000 block)		5-digit (70,000 block)
1-digit (CA block)	2-digit (CA block)	3-digit (CA block)
1-digit (CE block)	2-digit (CE block)	3-digit (CE block)

1958
	2-digit			Issuing Statistics Initial Series: C1 to unknown Registered: 117,866 Over-run: Uknown Issued: Pairs Manufacturer: Oakalla Prison Dimensions: 302 mm x 150 mm (12 inch x 6 inch) Material: Metal Comments: * Estimate / Unconfirmed
	5-digit (20,000 block)	5-digit (30,000 block)	5-digit (40,000 block)
		5-digit (70,000 block)
1-digit (CA block)	2-digit (CA block)	3-digit (CA block)
1-digit (CE block)	2-digit (CE block)	3-digit (CE block)
1-digit (CH block)	2-digit (CH block)

1959
1-digit	2-digit			Issuing Statistics Initial Series: C1 to unknown Registered: 121,941 Over-run: Uknown Issued: Pairs Manufacturer: Oakalla Prison Dimensions: 302 mm x 150 mm (12 inch x 6 inch) Material: Metal Comments: * Estimate / Unconfirmed
5-digit (10,000 block)		5-digit (30,000 block)	5-digit (40,000 block)
	5-digit (60,000 block)
1-digit (CA block)
1-digit (CE block)	2-digit (CE block)	3-digit (CE block)
1-digit (CH block)	2-digit (CH block)	3-digit (CH block)
1-digit (CJ block)	2-digit (CJ block)	3-digit (CJ block)

1960
1-digit	2-digit			Issuing Statistics Initial Series: C1 to unknown Registered: 114,221 Over-run: Uknown Issued: Pairs Manufacturer: Oakalla Prison Dimensions: 302 mm x 150 mm (12 inch x 6 inch) Material: Metal Comments: * Estimate / Unconfirmed
	5-digit (20,000 block)	5-digit (30,000 block)
	5-digit (60,000 block)	5-digit (70,000 block)
1-digit (CA block)	2-digit (CA block)
1-digit (CE block)
1-digit (CH block)	2-digit (CH block)
1-digit (CJ block)	2-digit (CJ block)	3-digit (CJ block)

1960 Stacked "CF" Prefix License Plates

Technically, as the "CF" probably forms part of the serial number, than it should follow that these are likely Commercial Truck plates (NOTE: the Province did issue other two-digit Commercial prefix plates in 1960, such as "CA", "CE", "CH" & "CJ").

What is interesting is the use of a stacked prefix, which, while common in other jurisidictions, has never been used in British Columbia. Possibly, the use of the stacked prfix was to delineate a special type of commercial vehicle, and the image below does provide some possible hints:

IMAGE SOURCE: Ray Boris / Kevin Duddy This photo appeared in the October 1960 edition of "Bus and Truck Transport" and was part of an article on White Pass, a trucking firm that operated out of the Yukon Territory. The caption that accompanied this particular photo read: "Heavy chanins are carried all year round. They are used particularly on icy roads in winter, but also in summer when a truck uses muddy back roads." IMAGE SOURCE: Kevin Duddy

Given this particular truck was registered in the Yukon (hence the 1960 Yukon Licence Plate No. T656 attached to the right of the BC plate No. "CF-1275"), but conducting business in British Columbia as well as Alaska, possibly the "CF" prefix was issued to out-of-province commercial haulers and is a forerunner of the Prorate ("P") that would be issued starting in 1962. Of course, this begs the question as to what happened in 1961, and as more information becomes available we will post it here ...

1961
1-digit	2-digit		4-digit	Issuing Statistics Initial Series: C1 to unknown Registered: 116,671 Over-run: Uknown Issued: Pairs Manufacturer: Oakalla Prison Dimensions: 302 mm x 150 mm (12 inch x 6 inch) Material: Metal Comments: * Estimate / Unconfirmed
5-digit (10,000 block)	5-digit (20,000 block)	5-digit (30,000 block)	5-digit (40,000 block)
5-digit (50,000 block)	5-digit (60,000 block)	5-digit (70,000 block)
1-digit (CA block)	2-digit (CA block)	3-digit (CA block)	4-digit (CA block)
1-digit (CE block)	2-digit (CE block)	3-digit (CE block)
1-digit (CH block)	2-digit (CH block)
1-digit (CJ block)	2-digit (CJ block)		4-digit (CJ block)

1962
1-digit	2-digit		4-digit	Issuing Statistics Initial Series: C1 to unknown Registered: 120,729 Over-run: Uknown Issued: Pairs Manufacturer: Oakalla Prison Dimensions: 302 mm x 150 mm (12 inch x 6 inch) Material: Metal Comments: * Estimate / Unconfirmed
5-digit (10,000 block)
	5-digit (60,000 block)
1-digit (CA block)	2-digit (CA block)	3-digit (CA block)	4-digit (CA block)
1-digit (CE block)	2-digit (CE block)
	2-digit (CE block)	3-digit (CE block)

1963
	2-digit	3-digit	4-digit	Issuing Statistics Initial Series: C1 to unknown Registered: 126,058 Over-run: Uknown Issued: Pairs Manufacturer: Oakalla Prison Dimensions: 302 mm x 150 mm (12 inch x 6 inch) Material: Metal Comments: * Estimate / Unconfirmed
5-digit (10,000 block)		5-digit (30,000 block)	5-digit (40,000 block)
5-digit (50,000 block)		5-digit (70,000 block)	5-digit (80,000 block)
1-digit (CA block)	2-digit (CA block)	3-digit (CA block)	4-digit (CA block)
1-digit (CE block)	2-digit (CE block)	3-digit (CE block)
1-digit (CH block)	2-digit (CH block)	3-digit (CH block)

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